UN BURY H. 15. MASSEn, KD1T011 AND PltOPKIETOH. OFFICE, MARKET STREET, OPPOSITE THE POST OFFICE. rimffi jfictowaorr-Ortotrt to JJolftfrs, nrtrrnturr. iHovnlftij, jforttflit ann Domestic lictos, Srttnce an the flits, agriculture, ittnrfects, amusements, e Ol,. U. aw. 4 SUMILK.. NO: I IIUMIU-.IM.AMi roUVI'Y. l'A.. SATUKDAY. SEPTEMBER IS.53. 01.11 SF.IIIKS VOL J.t. NO. SO. AMERICAN..: TERjtiS Oif i'rfiS AjUEAIOAis. X'" AMKHICAX I. piililisnnl every tntuilay m TVi HUM, AitS per milium to lie puiil IimIi' yearly ii advance. iN ptiiiei ilisisuiiinued until all arrearuRt. art paid. am eninmuitictitinns m letter, on liintiiirM relating tn the office, tu m.ure attention, must Im 1'OS'r l'A ID. TO CI.UU9. three enpiea to one addren, 500 Seven i) Do lutK) Fifteen 1.i Do tti(K) t-'ive d dlara in advance will pay fur lliree yeni' auu np;io to Hie Americuii. ne rViuare of IS line., 3 timet, VI 00 Kveiy aulneiiueiit imertiiin, 65 One Square, 3 month., 30(1 9i minitlia, sou One year, 800 Ru.ineaa Card, of Five tinea, per annum, 300 Mertlthntaanrl ntliera, advertising liy the yenr, with the privilege nf iimertirf different advertnemenle weekly. 1000 tr' Larger Adverti.eineuta, a. per agreement. He Be MASSES ATTOKNEY AT LAW, 6UNBURV, PA. 13 mines, attended to in tlie Counties uf Nor thumberland, Union, Lycoming and Columbia, liefer tot P. & A. Kovoudt, Lower & Ilarron, Borncr & Snodirross, r Philad. Reynolds, Mefarland & Co., Sparing, Good cV. Co., HENRY D0NNEL, ATTORN GY AT LAW. Vjjice opposite the Court House, Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pa. Prompt intention tu business in adjoining Counties. WE M. ROCKEFELLER, ATTORNEY AT LAW M M.I ICY, Dec. 13. 1H.M If. M. L. SHINDEL, ATICPaTEY AT LAV, SUNBURY, PA. December 4, 153. If. " CLINTON WELCH ATTORNEY At' LAW, LEWlSBl'Kli. PEWl. WIU. prat-lice ill thp several Courts of 1,'nion and North iinbciluiid counties. I::kkii to Hon. .1 imcs BurnsiJe, " James T. It lie, E. C. 1 1 nines cV Co., Hon. A. S. Wilson, " A. Jordan, Bellefnnte. tlo. do. I.ewMown. Suiihury. Saint, ('akin, Hnllidayaliurg Lewisburg. At 30, f-53. tf. DOC-TOR 1. . llUGllliS, OFFICE on Broadway, near the Episcopal Church. Sunbury. Sunhury, May 14, 1853. tf. LAAVREXCE HOUSE, SUNBURY, PA. THE subscriber rcpci lfully informs his friends, and Ihe public tienerully, that he has opened the "Lawrence House" and will do his best en deavors to please the public. SAM I." EI. THOMPSON. Sunhurv Teh. 26, 1 853. tf. SLAYMAKER & HASLETT. o I urn ti i n 7Ln o u 0 c , Chestnut Street below 7 th, PHILADELPHIA. Board $1.50 per day. Phila., May 28. 1853. worth, llmnson 5 Co. I.MPnltTKR OF & DeaI.KHS IN I'ort'itfii aml Dometktic HARDWARE, CUTLERY, &C A'o. 59 Market St., door below 2d St, PHILADELPHIA. Whera they always ieo-i on hand a large stoc o every variety of Hardware, Cutlery, &c. Wm. Dilworth, Henry D. Landis, Samuel Uransi n, James M. Vance. Oilolr 10, 1852. ly. wmTm' caTt y, B O O K 8 K I. L, K K , Mirkef Street, SUNBURY, PA. J U8T received and for sale, fresh supply o VV lXGr.I.K . I'll' MC ..r Siiifiim Schools. He is bIko onentnz at i time, a large assortment of Hooks, in every ranch of Literature, consisting ol lVnirv ITiutorv. Novels. Romances. hi'ienttli Works, Law, Medicine, School and Children's Uooks, Bibles; School. Pocket anil r aiiiily, botli with aad without Engravings, and every of vari- ttv of Binding. Prayer Hooks, of all kind. Also iuat received and for sale, Purdons VI gent of the laws of Pennsylvania, edition of 1851, price only 6,00. Judge Heads edition of Blackstone. Commen taries, in 3 vols. 8 vo. formerly Mild at $10,00, and now offered (.in freali binding) at the low price of 86,00. A Treatise on the taws of Pennsylvania re specting the estatrs of Lecedents, by Thomas t" liorilon, price only l,uu. Travels, Vovages and Adventure, all ol which will lie sold low, either for cash, or coun try produce. February, 21, 185?. tl. notice; Bask or NiiBTHCBi.uLin, ) Northumlierlaiid. June S 1853. ( The Director of the Bank of Northumberland give notice that lliev tnteed lo apply to the next Legislature or tin loinmnnweuitii, lor a renew at of its charter with tne same i apital. and with it present title, location and privileges. II) rder of the Board, JXO. TAQQART. Prest, June C5 1R53 6m. in, r. l.tjiWW fMtAUI.s, Leather Trunk Valise and Cariiet Baa., just received and far sale by I. W . I l.i Kit & to. . Miitiburv. April 30, 1853 TTtRENCH Cloth, Fancy Vesting, and Caul r- meree ju.t received and for sals by ftunhNry, May 14. '53. TGNER A CO "CVtErlH Vanilla Bean of superior quality )u received and for sale t'V Jon 4, twu II. B. MAUSER RITtNG FLUID aod self eealin Enva- r. .' received .ml lot a.l h 4 ril It. im- , H. B. M W UMBRELLAS, Parasol and Kmcy fan J just received and for uda h . eiwiDurv. May l. aa. TUNER A. CO, SKJ.jV.IT POETUY. "WHEN STARS ARE IN THE QUIET SKItS." BY . t. BCLWER. I Whjn t'ar are in ti e quiet skips, Then must I pine lor thee; Bend on me, then, thy tender eyes, A stars look on the sen: Fur thoughts, like wave that glide by night, Are stillest when they shine. Mine etirih'y love lien liu-hM in light Beneath the Heaven of ihii.e. II There is an hour when angel keep Fa in iIih r w atch o'er men. When cuaisei souls are wrapped in sleep" Sweet spiiil, meet me then. There is an hour lirn holy dtcams Thiiuiilh slumber fa i rem glide, Ami in unit mysiie hour it seems Tliuu should'sl be by my siJe, III The though' nf thee loo sacred are For da) liulu's t'limmon beam ; I run tint know thee as my star, My nuuel ami my ilream ! When alius lire in the quiet skies, Then must I pine fin thee; Beml on me, then, ihv lemler eyes, As stars look on the sea. Vbout Qcaltl). WHAT NOT TO EAT. The JViiter Cure Journal publiies nn article by a German physician of emi nence, in u hu h the pernii inns qualities of certain substances in common use as food, are stated. The enumeration deserves at least the consideration of those whose voice is most potent in the eMails of the t.ihlc. "Culinary salt, in smallei quantities, ex cites the stomach, increases Ihe appetite I and S'-cretinns anil excretions. In larger quantities, it irritates and iufldtnes Ihe mu 1 cons meinhraui s, produces gn at heat and burning in the throat anil stomach accom panied with great thirst. In sensitive per sons it occasons vomiting, diarrhoea, and sometimes cardialia. Its continued and copious use effects a general corruption of the juices of the body, whit h shows itself in exatithen.atic I'iseases ol the skin, and sometimes ei.ds in that dreadful malady, 81 urvy ; an evil frequently seen among sailors 011 long voyages. External applica tions of salt produce inllamation and pus tulous eruptions on the skin. (One half ounce, or a tahlespoonlul a day, is consid ered a large dos.) Such is the effect of salt upon man; and almost every one uses it more or h-s, and is consequently more or less, deletriously afTected by it. The ap petite may be normal or already o"er ex cited, salt is indiscriminately taken at eve ry meal. It is not regarded if salt has al ready inflamed Ihe tender mucous mem braneswater is resorted to, and then salt taken again. If nausea, vomiting, diar rhoea or loathsome eruptions are already caused by it, salted victuals are constantly u-n-d ; hut if cardialgia or scurvy are once torturing the poor sufferer, then the physi cian will probably tell him to discontinue the use of salt until he is cured again. Vinegar promotes secretion. Its continu ed use causes digestive disorders pains and pressuie in the stomach, colic, diar rhcea, dyspepsia, even organic degenera lion ol Ihe membranes of the stomach and intestines such as indurations, schirrhtis etc, After vinegar is assimilated into the blood it exerts a bad influence upon the whole arterial system, therelore upjn the organic reproduction, and sometimes in such a degree as to cause even cachexia and consumption. In persons who are continually employed in vinegar establish ments, (in consequence of the unmterupt ed absorption of vinegar vapors) on the lungs as generally to cause speedy pulmo' nary consumption. II nursing mothers consume vinegar, their sucklinz infants will invariably experience all the sufferings which most attend upon acids in the stom ach and intestinal canal. Cinnamon is a stiong stimulant increases the appetite, excites the whole nervous system sensi- tively as well as irritably accelerates the circulation ol the blood, increases the heat of the body. N'.itmeg is in its effects rela ted to cinnamon, but besides has narcotic qualities, and acts upon Ihe sensnrium produces giddiness, oppression on the breast, somnolency, ins nsibility, in anity and even death. Dr. Cullen after administering two drachms, observed giddiness, somno lency, and m-ntal aberration to result. Dr. Pniktiij- exp-rienced for a considerable time, torpor in every motion, in conse quence of having ukeu a nut alter dinner; ihree nuts pro lin ed an unconq'ierable de sire lo sleep, and, after a short ti in-, abso lute insensi'iilit v. t loves stimulate the the a;peiiie, and frequently produce disor ders in the ri;e tive organs, are very h-at- m and cause rapid circulation. Ginger af-ftg the organization nearly like cloves. V-inira excites the organs of circulation an I the nerve, increase the excretions and -erre-ions, particularly of the lumrs, skin, and kidneys. The foregoing aaticle is not. a the rest, of common use in kitchens, ex cept in those of fie wealthy and so-called refi led. We add it to the list merely he oue confectioner often introduce it in Urge qnautilief into chocolate and other sweet meals, because it agreeable smell and taste make those articles more saleahle. The effects of saffron are similar to those of opium. In small quantities it is exci- tin and in larger, produces giddiness, tu l--iaciion, laii'ting, and even appoplexy ; it heats and irritate th- circulation of the blood. (Orfi and Alexander deny its "ronf n-otic quality.) Hops stimulate I me w- lion ni me SKin ann ine organs nl ae rrvtinn. Jjnne asenhe. narcotic proper- 1 " h'p. which M'endii and Other ' 1 dany to them, but Ivet. Fr.aVe. Wvtie and ' otbrn confirm tha result of l.inn.'a n.ri. mentt. Cayenne Pdpper in small qt.anti- tie, excites and stimulate the functions of the 8toinacli, and the whole nervous iyi- tem in general, in larger quantities it pro duces severe pairs in the intestines, tenet- mous mucus emissions from the iirelha- trangury. Dr. Weinhold administered two drat hma of the powder to an eld dog, alter which the same appeared very lively, and the circulation of the blood greatly ac celerated ; during dissection the blood was found very red and thin, the kidneys and glands of the abdomen were enormously swelled, and metallic irritants applied to the muscles caused them to contract vio lently. Capsicum annum (red pepper) black pepper and white pepper (allspice) have the same effect, but less intense. Mustard, in small quantities, stimulates the appetite and increases heat. In large tlosea it produces vomiting, diarrhoea, and infla mation of the organs of digestion. Exter nal applications are attended with irritation and iiiflamatioti ol the skin. Horse-radish is less aromatic, but more acrid, than must aril, and, therefore, occasions quicker and more intense inflatnation ot the skin and mucous membranes. Chocolate merely prepared from the cocoa bean and sugar (known, I think, as sanative rhacolute) is nutritive ; but on account of the cocoa oil not easily digested. Choco'ate prepa red as is generally done with cinnamon, etc., has the same effect as those spices, only more intense, because of its very nu tritious qualities. Tea possesses narcotic properties. It first stimulates and next stupefies. According to Dr. Smith, n mere inlusioi) of the h aves suspends the irritabil ity of the muscles. Dr. Lettsom states that an iulusion c f tea produced a paralytic effect upon the nerves ol fruits. Taken either into an empty or overloaded stom ach, the us- ol tea is followed by lassitude, giddiness, want of appe'ite, flatulence, op pressive le ling", trembling, stupidity, and, under continued use, by Weakness of the stomach and the memory, nervous afh' c- lions, hypochondria, and even convulsions an'i epilepsy. 1 nese symptoms ar- mien- stfieri and increase,! if lea is made of a strongly iraixram artici-, taKeii ireqiieuiiy ami hot, inasmuch as it then occasions veiy debilitating sweats. 1 he eitect ot thetia is worse on lean persons, with tense mus cular fibres, than on corpulent, plethoric ones. - Collee stimulates the nerves and the muscles, increases the peristalic motion of ih- stomach and the appetite, accelerates the circulation of the blood, the secretion of th" saliva. A fr quent aod copious use of it is attended witti congestions, trem bling, palpitation of the heart, oppression, stupeiaction, weakness ot tne nervous sys tem, spasms, hypochondria, hysteria, weak ness of the eyes, paralysis, digestive disor ders, hemorrhoids. I he use ot collee is particularly deleterious to plethoric and hectic persons, and to those ol a choleric temperament. CLERGYMEN. WHY THEY 'DIE AT THE TOP." The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, in noticing the inquiry ol a correspondent of the Journal of Commerce, why so many eminent clergyman are struck down by paralysis, remaiks: '-To us the reason seems plain why cler gymen lall victims to paralysis so frequent ly, and why lawyers and statesmen so generally escape it; and we are surprised, we confess, to see an intelligent writer ig norant of so obvious a thing. The clergy become "dead at the top" tct often, simply because thpy do not take exercise enough Lawyers, statesmen, and even men of let ters, are compelled more or less to lead a partially active lile. Clay and Webster, for example, were among the most active men of the day. Hut clergymen lead sedentary lives nearly altogether. Who, Jor instance, ever sees a divine galloping a horse, hurrying to court daily, or doing anything requiring vigorous physical ac tion, or involving pure physical latigue. Partly this is owing to public prejudice, and partly to clergymen themselves. The popular opinion, a very erroneous one, we think, censuri s a minister of the gospel, if he indulges in even the irost harmless sports. If he rides out, except in some r spectable, slow going, deeply cushion -d, a'lominaibly s'eepy coaih, he is made the subject ol remaik. W. re ihe best clergy ii an in town lo get on the bark of a spirit ed horse, such only as a man in want nf exercise (itiyht to ride, or to roll at 'en pins publicly, or even ti pitch quoits, all Ih o'd tah'iiet about would crv out that he had inrne.l iork'-y, gambler, or blackguard. Aol even Channing, or Wnith-Mil, or V- s- ey, were they alive, could no' be pardon d lor what would be considered such worldly, wiclod behiviir. But why should not a divine take exercise as other men take it t He is a man, like the iesl ot us, and needs some motive in his exer rise. Since the world began, cither emu- 1 1 io i, the motive in gymnastic schools or pleasure in subduing the hiu'e creation, the motive in riling a fine horse, have b en requisite to render violent exercise . m a:reeatie, iwen cannot rsw wont, or t ving dumb bells day alter day, mer ly for X'Ttif, or if they ran, they ar-' ii'iiillv stupid dunces, unfit for any inlell rt ai p irsmt, much less f ir th- pulpit. We would not have clergymen tollow the hounds, and drink "ten fathoms d ep" af ter it, ra they once did in England ; but they ought, we think, to be allowed to participate in many amusements, from which false public sentiment excluded h-fi-. But clergvm. n ar portly tobl?metVm se vei. Even while in the theological ein'mry, they begin to acquire a habit of sitting all day at th-ir hooks taking no re laxt'ion hut in a ciar, a cup of strong cof fee, or a laxy chat with a companion. All this is sheer indulgence at first. r But it it a practice that soon growa upon a Mi'dent, if not stoutly resisted, and lead at I Jet, to a constitutional aver.-iou to active exercise. The necessary results of such i lleness, com bined with constant mental effort, is a dull, jaded fetling of the brain, olten combined with great prostration ol spirits. To re move this, immense quantities of tobacco is chewed, cigars smoked, or tea and coffee drank. Formerly, that is, a century ago, wine, if not brandy, was rrsorted to fur the same end. Many j clergyman, seri ously asked, and honestly answering, has conless-d that he could not write his ser mons, at least with vigor, if he gave up to bacco. In word, and not to mince mat ters, he must stimulate or his brain will not work. The consequences require no prophet to foretell. Some fine day, alter twenty, thirty, or even forty years of such a life, the brain gives out entirely; the man be comes "dead at the t"P," and paralysis, or inanity, ensues. Regular exercise, how ever, would have avoided the necessity of stimulants, and pteserved the brain uniin- paired. An active hie, in spite ol their youthful irregularities, kept the intellect of Clay and Webster bright almost to four score. A sedentary life, with even less brain work, has paralysed or killed htm- deeds of clergymen at the age even of fifty. Cumous Attestations Wiih regard to the extraordiiiaiyphi'Uoinena which Judue K Imonds testifies to m haviui; occnired in his pieseuce, it is worthy nf nolo that others, far more incredible, ate testified to by other persons equally eminent u iih himself. We h ive the word of a gentleman of itcknowled- U 'd high social and professional position one whose b;ne word on any other subject we could receive without fliiesliini that he s iw a mail earned tlirouga Hie air Jor seventy fcet, at tht heith of three yards, iilihounh no lone louohed him or t.r..nsiln an v mechanical power to bear on hurt. Tliiss'oiy i entitled ,ex,1(.,y rume t.M, UlrU is Uw , llu0 of JuJ Edmund. no less and no The spread of the delusion, the newspa pers and peiiodicals devoted to it, Ihe judges, membetsof Conoress, Ambassadors and Se u.tlois who have been engulpbed in it, add no weight to its credibility. Unfortunately, the history of the win Id is full of the recoids of wildei dclusiuus even than this, which have made shipw reck of earth' noblest souls as well us of her mealiest N. Y. Courier Lnq'iircr. We know a gentleman of remaikably fine intellectual powers, who assured us, a few mouths ago. that in his house, a man had been taken up fiom the floor by spiritual agency lib jut live it-ei ami pome an mm to ihe loom. Our informant said that it was deep twilight at the time so that tie and the o heis present, Iheie being no lamp or candle in Ihe room, could not distinctly see the form of the person cuspeuded in tho air but that they touched him repeatedly with their hands, thus sati.f ing themselves that there i-uiikl be no possible, mistake in the matter Louisville Journal. A Vaia-blb Discovery. London pappis slate that an effectual means of pteservin writni'-s. charts, bank bills and picttiies, us .veil fiom injury by time ns from forgeiy or alteration, has been discovered. The process consiM merely of running a coating of gnlta percha solution over the sniluce of ihe aili le. It i peifectly tiuuspareiit, and I said in improve the appeaiance of pictures. By coating both side of an important document. il can be kept in the best preservation. It renders it UHler-ptoof, and the plan would thus be a valuble one (or ship charts. Ii used on bank bill it would be a most efii cieut means of pieveuting fiuud, inasmuch a no ulleialiou could be made on Ihe lace ol the bill without removing the coating, which it would be impossible to do without destroy ing the whole. New Steam Route to England The Newfoundland Moinins Post leu ins that Ihe most ample means hive been adopted by Ih 1 New fouudlanit Teleuiaph and Steamship Co I lo open a direct and speedy communication with England lliriui"h Si. John II i intend ed to have lour passenger steamers, Ktintnii j leed to make 20 knots ail hour, reaching St. John ii six days. It is also said that inti in I'ions have been made i hat the Collins line would unite with the new company in niak. iniS 'he necessary arraiiietnei.ts fur KillcllillL' at Si John on ihe vomiop to and fiom Eu rope w ith their f a steamer. TilETaEASIINASLR CoRKr.sPilNDF.NCE, found concealed in Maj. Audie'a bonis, w hen he was searched by Pauldiu!, Williams and Van Wnr:h. ha recently been discovered al Albany. The paper consi-t of an enumera tion of the number and disposition of ihe American fnices at Wel Point, and a de scription id the foitificHiinns, with sugues- ',0" '" '"l!nrd lo weak and exposed point Th'ie is al i a pas fiom A'lli'd under which Andre, a "Mi. John Suii h,"' was re- t'-riiinjj to ihe British cump. Cast Inosaiiam andthc Fobeic.n Resi. dent or New Yoke According lo a call is. sued by Ihe French Democi . tic Committee, I meeting was held in New Yoik, on Saturday veiling, at the Shakspeare Hotel, for the pi rpose of genius; up a demonsttauou in fa tor of Cpt. (ugiabam, who, ihey say, "by h a nulla conduct ai Smyrna, bs so faith fully inteipreled ihe hospitable sentiment of hi countrymen, and baa entitled himself to the profound (rati ode of all Euiepaao ex ile." BLOODED TOCK Recently it was noticed that large and valuable slock of Emtlifh blooded stock, cows, sheep, &c, atrived at the pn of Phila delphia, in one of Ihe packet ships fiom Liverpool, on their way to Kentucky, for par lies in that Stale who had imported them. They belonged to the Northern Kentucky ltnporliii Association, and were procured for Ihem by agents, Messrs Dudley, Garrard Van Meter. On Thuisday, the 18th inst., the animals were sold at public auc-tion, on the farm of Biulus J. Clay, in Bourbon county, and at tracted a latge assembly of people than was ever gathered at any previous occasion of ihe kind in the Slate. As the principal feature of the sale, we may mention that the bids were restricted to citizens of Kentucky, and the purchasers were requited to give bond not to remove the stock from the State for twelvemonths. It will, therefoie, be seen that this was solely nn attempt to imptove the stock of Kentucky by the introduction of these snpeiioi breeds. There were ten bulls, fifteen cows and heifers, all of the short homed puie blooded siock, one horse, and eiiiht sheep of the Southdown, Cotswold and Leicester breeds. All these are of the best description and are rpgarded as invaluable acquisitions. By Ihe published list, it seems that the successful bidders were from Fayette, Bour bon, Claike, Woodford, Scotland Ftanklin coimties, all in the vicinity of Lexington. The prices were remaikable. One bull biotiuhl upttaids of 83 000; a ram upwards of $-1,000; and ihe horse $2,000 The whole cost of the stock, importation and trauspoilion included, ua they stood at the farm, was $23, 000' and Ihe total proceeds of Ihe sale amoun ted In S05 976, being a net! profit of $32 9T6; en thai, as a mere speuuluttu.-i, this was truly a profitable venture, yielding a return of near ly one hundred and fifty per cent, upon the apital invested. It will, doubtless, lead to similar undertakings in other quarters. RAtl.MU SFgfcD OF HOUSE. A fiieud makes an inquiry concerning the rate of speed at which lour-mile heals have been run in this country ami in England. The g i eldest speed of American hoise is thut of Fashion, who, at five years old, in a match vviih Boston, won two four mile heats in 7m., 32 is. ; 7m., 45s. American Eclipse, in a match with Henry, won three four mile heats i.i 7m. 37s. : 7m. 49s. ; 8m. 24s. Of Euulieh horses, Flyinu Childeis, foaled in 1715, ran over the Beacon Course, four mild one fm long and thirty-eight yards, in 7m 30s. He leaped with his rider thirty feet on cvel ground. Eclipse, foaled in 1764, ran lout miles at Yuik, ( 1777) in 8m., carrying 169 lbs., or 42 lb over tha standard weight. It is a rule lo allow seven pounds as equal In 240 5 ants, in a four-mile race, w hich would make Eclipse's epeed equal lo four miles in Cm. 27s. St. Bel compuies thai he could run four miles in 6m. 2s. Both Flying Clnl leis and Dclipe were always u iuuei, anil ihey never met any competitor who coul l brinu oul their full powers. Law e n-e has olwei led that ihey "stand proui'ly aloof limn all lank or possibility of coinpetiiioti." Of bit years four-mil-' h-als have sel l.i.ti been run in England. Boston Cultivator. The Great Coal Fraud. Mr. William Payne, one of Ihe pa -lies implicated in '.he recently discoveted coal frauds un lb Read mi; nuilioad Loiiipauy, lias pulilielicil a couutei statement, backed by his own, am! other affidavit, in which he chaises that hands of ten fold mine magnitude have for year past been peipelrated iiu.iei Ihe Com pany's own eve at Poll Richmond. These Clauds tire said to consist in false consign nienls by which the dtawback on coal going to New Yoik was obtained ; by false ccitili cites of weight and by false return nf dump a"e, bv which ait allowance was obtained from the Company. He charge ihe com pa ny with wronging turn, and wiin reuatd io Ihe I rami with winch tot is cluroed say lhat he fell perfectly jus'ified in a moral point ot view, in -letting hi own money out nf the Readms Railioad Company the beat way he could, especially as he was so silua ted at the lime that it was not policy to go to law wiih the Company notwithstanding ihe demand he thinks was a jusl one. The Chinese Dr. Newman, a dilin- gul-lied ueriu.in scholar, sends a communi cation lo I ho London Tune in reference lo some highly iiiterestiii" Chinese works he recently leceived, lehgious, political, and statistical tract of tho new Chinese dynasty, which he say will be Mandated as soon as possible. There ran be no m"ie any doubt, he says, about the new religion sprinting up in China. Ii i certainly Piolestanl Christi auity, mixed yet, a it could nol be other wise in the hi'itiiuiing, with some heathenish custom and prejudices. He adds, that from a priva'e letter he has received ftorn a well informed sontee, il appears lhat Ihe rebels, or patiiots, have i-sued a pioclamalion, that they will uot take Canton until next Septein ber. Akcohded It i stated that some of the sub-contractor on tbe Marietta Railroad, Rosa county. Ohio, absconded last week, leaving indebtedness behind, for others suffer, lo Ihe extent of f 50 000, one-lhirj which is amonr panie in ChiHicolhe. A hor. named William Priee, wa danger. .,.! intnred iii Newaik, N. J-, on Friday evening in ronaeqoence of fire engine run nine over him. THE SllKtS, AT NEW OtlLE.tNS.-ITft I'Ltt LiAttn n:. Persons arrived at New York from New Oilcans, which Ihey left on the 12 h instant, .e.crioe, s ol daily occurrence, scenes ol listress m that plagnc-stricken city which one can scarcely consider as real. Death overtakes foot passengers in the 8' reels. Many have been seen to cross lo iheh.l side of the street, and thtow themselves on tha pavemeni, already sinking, almost as soon as taken, undei the influence of the de- stroyer. Persons have been known to Bei into an omnibus, and be taken out dead or death bound upon their arrival at Ihe place ol llieir destination. Sometimes ihe disorder is fearfully rapid in its course. It i not al ways accompanied wiih the black vomit. Il is not considered identical with the yellow fever, as it has been heretofore known in ihe same vicinity. Il appears lo bear a clo ser rcsemoiuuee io tne piacue. it was thought by many that It was brought from the coast of Afiica in a slaver to Rio, and thetico in a coffee ship from Rio to New Oi lcans. The vessel that introduced it diatiib uted death among all who were engaged in or about her. Many believed that the calam ity would have been avoided by stricter qua rantine regulations. Much confidence had been begun lo be felt in the salubrity of New Orleans. ince 1847. there has been no alarm in rcgaid lo the health of the city. But lo, in less than two mouths, we sue a great city almost depopulated and decimated by the sudden invasion of a pestilence, ihe history of plagues furnishes few parallels to this. Yesterday evening, says the New Oileans Delta, of Ihe lSili inst., by order of the Board of Health, four hundred discharges from Ihe six pounders of Major Galley's Artillery, "waked the echoes" from the different points in the city The same number will be dis charged daily, until further ordeis, and in the evening, large quantities of tar ware scattered throughout the streets, and set on file, flooding the city with a mid-day blight- npss. The Commercial Bulletin says, there have been soma grievous complaint made of the great distress that Ihis thundering dis chaige of cannon ha occasioned the sick From what we learn, ihe poslive injury that is done, outweigh any speculative benefit that may possibly be derived from the mode of clearinu and purifying the almospheie The Postmaster of New Orleans, announ ced, on ihe 20 h, that the Post Olfire would be closed, after thai dale, al 4 P. M , on nc. count of the virulence of ttie disease. He had bren induced to this measure, by the illness of several of ihe clerks in the est-. b lishmeut, and by the necessary absence of others, attending their sick friends. Ploucuinq by Steam. We see it staled in English papers that the Marquis of Twee- dale has succeeded perfecily in woikins pluuoh by steam power. The distinguish ed English agriculturist, Mr. Mcche, in a late article, sajs, "there can b no doubt but lhal very shortly every auiieiiliiirist must ne steam power if he is lo stand hi ci'n'ud in the ra.ie nf niiricnllural competition. The waul of il is already fell, if nol seen, liv those who have not the mi-aus or the inclination lo use il The lime is appioachmu when a steam cngina on a farm will be as common as the diill or threshing machine, alibiing!), like ihem, it has to pass Ihronjli the ordeal of disbelief, doubt and ptpjudice. A com mittee of the Royal Agricultural Society give the most extraordinary account of ihe rapid introduction of farm locomotive eugiups du ring the past three ypars." Aricultuiisl ap peal to be w aking up to the importance and advantages of steam as a mechanical aid in their labor. A vast field is opened to ine. chauical invention as soon us this fact be come generally impressed upon those who till ihe soil. COM MISIOXl:ll TO THE WORLD' F4l!t. The Democratic Union s.iy Gov. Bialer has appointed Ihe followins iienllemeii com missioueis lo represent the Slate of Penn sylvania at Ihe 'Exhibition of Industry of all Sations,1' at New Yoik : Gen Robert Patterson, A. L. Ellwvn, Chailes Gilpin, of Philadelphia. Isaac G. M'Kiuley, Esq., nf Dauphin. Hon. Frederick Watta, of Cumbeiland. Wilson M'Candless and Gen. Win. Lari mer, of Alleuhany. John W. day, of Westmoreland. William F. Packer, of Lycoming. C. L. Ward and G. F. Mason, of Bradford. William Strong, of Reading. Aa Packer, of Catbon. Luther Kidder, of Luzerne. G. W. Ilaleubrake, of Clinton. The Gardiner Mines. The unuu.il re liable Washington correspondent of Ihe N V. Courier, telegraph to lhat paper as fol low ; Major Mordeeai, Gardiner Commissioner, return to-moriow. Mr. Bowes, interpreter to the Commission, returned to-day. The testimony of the previous Commission is confirmed, and ihe nou-enHlence of Gardi- nei'e mine in the Slate of San Lmn Potosi is established beyond Ihe possibility of doubt The mines, as described by Gardiner, were found in the State of Queretare. to I Ntw Yoax Ahav Orica The builii g in of Wall lreei, New York city, formerley own led by the U 8 Bank and oorup-ed DV branch, ha just beau purchased rv Ihe U'O. I led State gov nment for (520,000, io be I used for the purpose of an oflk. At - j present the edifice is ocoopied by tare bank ' ing iDalitotion ASTBING OF IT! MS A company of Eujiieh gipsies aio encamp ed near Wcllsboro' Pa. The fish al Baltimore and the hops tn Jef ferson county, Pun., are dying from some strange dinease. V. T Barnum, Esq , has been invited to visit Lancaster, for the purpose el delivering a lecture on Prohibition. A despatch from Cleveland dated on Sat urday states that Iheie hare been fourteen deaths by cholera in thai ciiy. 'Love your neighbor a yourself." William Henry sajs he does, and more thai ever since Lib Junes lives next door. Senator Gwin left Fori Miller, Mariposa c"., Cal., on ihe 20th of July, tin an explora tion of the route of ihe Pacific Railroad. Ei-Senalnr Hanaaan has become a mem. ber of the Temple of Honor, at Covington, Indiana. This is an association lo promote the cause of tempeiauee. Major Henry, the late Whig candidate for Governor of Tennessee, it j, w, h rPC. ted U. S Senator, in place of the Hon. John Bell, who will probably decline a re-elec-tion. A snakk, tnnnty-one feet six inches in li-npth. was lately seen in Bedford valley, near Cumberland, M,. Afler being seen he sued his stun, which was found and mea sured. The Pacific Mills, at Lawrence, Mass., are now nerely completed. They include a mill of 1000 looms and 50 000 spindel, with print work large enough to print the entire product. Thekb is a yonng lady down in lafayetle, tnd., so exsessively modest, that every night before retireing, she closes the window cur tains to prevent "the man in tha moon" from looking in. The town of Lynn contain ann hundred and fifty-five shoe factories, w hich give em ploympnt to ten thousand four hundred and eighty-six persons, of both sexes, in ihe man ufacture of shoes. A new drink is described by the San Fran cisco Heiahl, composed of "three pails of root beer and two of watei cruet, thickened with a little soft squash, and strained through a enne bottom chair. The Shanghai fowls are iloins great things in some of Ihe Eastern Slates. The Doyles town Intelligencer has been piesented with a Shanghai egg which is entirely covered with Chinese characters. A battery of six pounder and o'her ord nances, is preparing, Mid w ill be forwarded 1 1 oui Ihe Washington Aisenal for ihe Rio Giande, where a large portion of the United Stales army is concentrating. The administration is adopting means for seeming ihe Sandwich Islands a a station lor our mail and trading ships in the com merce w h-i-h it is supposed i ab'Ctiu be opened writ Chum and J . n. "'Tn not (.sr.tii? !.xy C-.iu- "The o dor of mounting diet iim' g iks Chi' -o and Siamese is white; wnii the Tnil.i, M'ie and violet; E hinpiiuis, giai ; I'einviar , mouse color; Jipitteseand I'eisian-. b.cwn ; Egyptian, yellow. At a Down East celebration oi the Fourth of July, a young lady offeied -h- following toasl : The Young Men of America Their aunt our support ; our arms their reward. To arms ! lo arms! ye brave. A ciiizen of Wellington, on the western Reserve, in digging a well, has hit upon an extensive reservoir of era, which, on the 19th. was fully tested and burned admirably. Ii issups from the bottom of the well, and make a noise that is heard some distance off. New Orleans Prisons Health -It it staled that in the New Oileans woik-lioose, w here there ate over I wo bundled prisonei confined, there has not been a sinale case of yellow fever Ibis season. All the other city prison are said to be equally exempt from the epide.riic. Chloroform Cointkracted. Dr. Tobert de Lamballe, a distinguished pfc)ian, of Par it, announces that a .hock of electricity, giv en to a patient dying from the effects of . i- ...1.. . iorrlt ila iiiflii i-bioroiorm, imnmiimirij - ' . . - ears ence, and relorcs the sufferer to lite. The fact i worth knowing, if it be a tact. To Backbiters : What are souther's faulu lo me 1 I'm not vuliart'e bill. To peck at every Haw I see, And nuke it wider still. It i. enu'i for me to know I've foltieaof mr And o my bart my earee UMow, And let my friend, almi. Sincplab Pbenomenok.-A writer in the liiteU 'oncer communicate a curiona inci dent. A little girl wasstanding at a window, before which wa a young maple tree Af ter brilliant flash ot lightning, a complete i nageof lh tiee was found impiinted on her body. Thi is not ihe first instanee of the kind. Newark Ad. A Piobee Gone James Gorman, of th firm of Strader k Gmman, of Cincinnati, bo com meneed business in ibat city when il wa in it infancy, died few days ago He U said lo have been one of ihe weahbiatt men in lhat oily, and h not reUnv io th world to inherit bit imtrtpce trait).
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